The lack of success of
recent big money signings — Xhaka, Mustafi, etc — might have had an impact I suppose, but when I hear about these kind of deals I wonder whether they've been bought to play in a specific system or if they're just a technically gifted player who Arsenal is going to try to crowbar into the first XI.
The recent big money signings prove that perhaps Wenger wasn't being tight with money all those years and in fact he was truly restricted by the club whilst the Emirates stadium was still being paid off.
Not exact matches
But Wenger has started to
sign big money players in
recent years, with the purchase of Mesut Ozil almost tripling the club transfer record.
It's not often these two
big -
money signings have spent time together on the pitch due to Lacazette's
recent injury struggles, as well as Aubameyang being ineligible for the Europa League this season.
I think the
signing of Özil stands as one of the best
big money signings in
recent years when compared to this lot.
United understand that they will have to pay more for Vertonghen due to being another Premier League club, but they have successfully raided the north Londoners in the
recent past,
signing Dimitar Berbatov from them in a
big -
money deal in 2008.
Manager Arsene Wenger's
big money signings of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in
recent years will have boosted the Gunners» worth.
Arsene Wenger did not come out and completely confirm the
recent Arsenal transfer rumours about the
big wage demands of the club's two
biggest names Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, with both the German and the Chilean currently in talks over new contracts with the club, but he did seem to suggest in an Evening Standard report that they were likely to be getting more
money and being the best paid Arsenal players if they do
sign new deals.
The
recent acquisitions of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are examples that Arsenal can indeed pull off
big -
money signings and you wouldn't have to stretch your imagination too much to digest the possibility of Arsenal going in for a lethal and established hitman, especially now that we have the financial resources.
Big money signings at Spurs have struggled to live up to their fee in
recent years.
Unsurprisingly, West Ham's
biggest money signings have been in the more
recent years as transfer fees increased alongside TV and other revenues.